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.NET MAUI Monthly Standup: Free GitHub Copilot Insights

This February, join David and Rachel as they discuss the latest advancements in the world of .NET MAUI during the monthly community standup about GitHub Copilot’s role in enhancing productivity.

The Community Standup is a live event hosted by the core framework team on the official .NET YouTube channel. It provides valuable insights and exciting announcements. For .NET MAUI, it usually happens on the first Thursday of each month.

Undoubtedly, AI is disrupting the status quo, and now GitHub Copilot is available free of charge. On the free tier, it offers 2,000 code completions and 50 chats per month. All that is required is a GitHub user account and a sign-up for free. Supported on a multitude of apps including VS Code. For further details, please refer to the article and FAQ.

Remember to join live on Thu, Feb 6 at 18:00 UTC. Click the link to access the timing in your local or preferred time zone. Note, that it’s an hour behind its usual schedule (Daylight Saving).

The community links for this month’s standup will be updated here.

Happy coding. Stay connected as we continue to learn and share the experiences from this exciting journey of being a .NET developer.

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Join the .NET MAUI Community Standup – Kickoff 2025 in Style

First and foremost, wishing you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year 2025.

This January, join David and Rachel as they commence the year 2025 by discussing the latest advancements in the world of .NET MAUI during the monthly community standup.

The Community Standup is a live event on the official .NET YouTube channel, hosted by the core framework team. It provides valuable insights and exciting announcements. For .NET MAUI, it usually happens on the first Thursday of each month. This time is an exception, occurring on the second Thursday, which is tomorrow (Jan 9).

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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v10.0: How to Fix BindingContext Issues with Behaviors

Yesterday marked the official release of the highly anticipated .NET MAUI Toolkit (CommunityToolkit.Maui) package v10.0, introducing native support for .NET 9.

Though it is the extended arm of .NET MAUI app development, for newcomers, this officially supported toolkit offers a comprehensive collection of essential components—such as Alerts, Behaviors, Converters, Extensions, Layouts, and Views—that are crucial for developing real-world apps.

This new release has some breaking changes, with the most notable being aligning with the design change introduced in .NET MAUI 9, where Behaviors no longer automatically inherit the BindingContext of their parent (a major shift from the original Xamarin.Forms design).

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Join the December Community Standup: Explore What’s New in .NET MAUI 9

This December, join David, Rachel, and guests as they wrap the year 2024 by discussing the most recent advancements in the world of .NET MAUI during the monthly community standup following the release of .NET MAUI 9, the recently released major version of the cross-platform App UI framework.

Consult this Comprehensive Overview article to know more about What’s New in .NET MAUI 9.

The Community Standup is a live event on the official .NET YouTube channel, hosted by the core framework team. It provides valuable insights and exciting announcements. For .NET MAUI, it usually happens on the first Thursday of each month.

Remember to join live on Thu, Dec 5 at 18:00 UTCClick the link to access the timing in your local or preferred time zone. Note, that it’s an hour behind its usual schedule (Daylight Saving).

The community links for this month’s standup will be updated here.

Wishing you all a happy, prosperous, and healthy new year 2025 in advance.

Happy coding. Stay connected as we continue to learn and share the experiences from this exciting journey of being a .NET developer.

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What’s New in .NET MAUI 9 – Window TitleBar

Window TitleBar is one of the two prominent enhancements in .NET MAUI 9, the recently released major version of the cross-platform App UI framework.

The other new feature is HybridWebView, consult this article titled Exploring .NET MAUI 9 – HybridWebView to delve into the details of this new control.

An article that comprehensively outlines the significant features of this version has already been published and is accessible here.

The Window type defines two properties – Page and TitleBar.

Page:

In .NET MAUI 9, the MainPage property of the Application class is now obsolete, replaced by the Page property of the Window class to accommodate this new TitleBar feature for the Desktop (Windows and Mac Catalyst). To know more about this MainPage change, refer to this article.

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Handling UI Events with MVVM Commands in .NET MAUI using EventToCommandBehavior

This article is part of the MVVM – Made Easy series, focusing on handling UI events with ViewModel commands.

This series comprises articles that provide insights into working with the MVVM design pattern, to make it a delightful experience. All the articles in this series can be accessed from here – MVVM – Made Easy

The View serves as the user interface, while the ViewModel is composed of Properties and Commands that encapsulate the underlying logic. This architectural layering offers the distinct advantage of enabling independent development and testing of both components. Data Binding functions as the cohesive element that interlinks these two layers.

An event represents a significant mechanism for notifying state changes, such as a button click, to other components that have a vested interest in the occurrence.

The receiver component is capable of responding to the event by subscribing to it through a method whose signature corresponds with the delegate of the event ensuring type safety. And that method is generally referred to as an event handler.

However, the challenge emerges during the testing of the ViewModel, as the event is closely intertwined with the View. Business logic can’t be independently tested.

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.NET MAUI 9: Introducing the HybridWebView Project Template

HybridWebView is one of the two prominent enhancements in .NET MAUI 9, the recently released major version of the cross-platform App UI framework.

An article that comprehensively outlines the significant features of this version has already been published and is accessible here.

Consult this article titled Exploring .NET MAUI 9 – HybridWebView to delve into the details of this new control.

Nonetheless, the components that constitute the HybridWebView project must be assembled manually, as there is no inherent template available akin to that of Blazor Hybrid. So, it is appropriate to include one in the .NET MAUI All-in-One Templates pack. As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI, consult the articles linked here to know more about them.

Glad to introduce a new project template using HybridWebView in the templates pack v6.1. This article will describe how to install and utilize this new project template.

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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v6.0

As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the stable release of .NET MAUI 9, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been fully updated.

An article has already been published detailing the comprehensive features of .NET MAUI 9.

To know more about the features of this template pack, consult the articles linked here.

Install:

From CLI:

Here’s the command to install the CLI templates pack.

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.NET MAUI – Enable Debugger-Detached XAML Live Preview in Visual Studio 2022

Not confined to .NET MAUI, the XAML Live Preview functions as an invaluable tool for inspecting the UI and its associated properties in XAML apps overall.

However, it is imperative that the app be connected to the debugger, is it not? Yes, that is prior to the intro of the debugger-detached XAML Live Preview in VS2022, v17.13 Preview 1.0.

Yesterday, during the .NET MAUI session at .NET Conf 2024 (YouTube clip linked), David and Rachel provided an insightful overview of its functionality.

To know about this virtual event, consult this .NET Conf 2024 article and this detailed article outlining the comprehensive features of .NET MAUI 9.

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.NET MAUI: Managing Query Parameters with Shell Navigation

This is an article in the Developer Tips series, which offers concise hints to enhance productivity. You can access all the articles in this series here.

The Shell feature in .NET MAUI is extensive, offering numerous capabilities. This article will focus on managing query parameters within shell navigation in .NET MAUI.

Incorporating query parameters during navigation is paramount in real-world apps, as they enable the transfer of data in scenarios such as transitioning from a list page to a details page, thereby preserving the contextual relevance.

The GoToAsync() method serves as the comprehensive solution for all your navigation needs in Shell and is overloaded to cater various requirements.